title: Otolaryngology and the American presidency: a medical legacy.
abstract: The various medical histories of eminent members of state have been well documented and explored. Such accounts provide interesting insights into advances in treatment and management of disease. Moreover, historical cases serve as a timely reminder of how the central tenets of good medical practice do not change with time. Two American presidents, Ulysses S. Grant and Grover Cleveland, were afflicted with diseases of the head and neck, and one would subsequently die from his illness. Here we examine their diagnosis, treatment and their disease in the context of modern management.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA. emma_cashman@dfci.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Emma Catherine
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cashman
authors.forename: Conrad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timon
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D035082:Federal Government / Q000266:history*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000266:history*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000266:history; D014481:United States